Stove top cover



March 25, 1941. J. c. ROG'ERS 2,236,008

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' Patented Mar. 25, 1941 STOVE TOP COVER John C. Rogers, Oak Park, 111., asslgnor to Crown .Stove Works, Cicero,

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Application June 21,

Claims.

This invention relates to covers or lids for the tops of stoves and ranges, the invention being more especially designed for use on the modern cabinet type of gas and electric stoves which is 5 equipped on the rear edge of its top with a vertical back guard or splash board. In present practice, the lids or burner covers are hinged at their rear edges to the stove top, so that they can he raised to a vertical position. In some stoves, instruments or instrument handles are mounted on the front of the splash board, and these prevent. the raising ofthe cover to the vertical position. Other stoves are equipped with a cabinet or closetthat partially overhangs the stove top from the rear, and these are often so low as to prevent the raising of the cover to vertical position.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved mounting for the stove top cover or lid, by which, when the burners are to be uncovered for use, the cover may be shifted edgewise to overlie the other half or an adjacent portion of the stove top; and to this end .a trackway is provided along the base of the splash board extending, the full width of the stove top or at least twice the width of the cover, and the cover is equipped on its rear edge with means slidably engaged with said trackway. Since the burner grids usually project slightly above the level of the stove top, in order to prevent scratching of the under side of the cover on the grids as the cover is moved edgewise off the burners, the connection of the cover to the splash board is also a pivotal one permitting the cover to be partially raised before it is shifted edgewise; and where, as is sometime the case, the cover may have low depending flanges on its front and side edges, the pivotal connection is desirable to prevent the lower edges of the side flanges from colliding with or scraping over the burners.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated a practical and approved embodiment of the invention, and referring thereto- Fig. 1 is a perspective front elevation of a stove top equipped with one form of the invention, the cover appearing in full lines in closed position over the burners and in dotted lines in a partly raised position, preliminary to its edgewise shift to a position above the other half of the stove top.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through the cover mounting, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the cover in partly raised position.

111., a corporation of Illi- 1940, Serial No. 341,633

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective View from the underside of the hinge and trackway, which latter is mounted on one leaf of the hinge.

In the drawing, It designates as an entirety the rectangular stove body, ll the top plate of the stove, the lefthalf of which has holes to accommodate the burners and burner grids (not. shown), while the right half constitutes a fixed plate or table to support cooking utensils when not in serviceon the burners, and I2 designates as an entirety the usual back guard or splash board that is mounted above the rear edge of the stove top. As best shown in Figs. 2, 3, 6 and 7, the front wall l2 of the splash board is attached at its lower edge by a screw bolt l3 and nut M to a depending flange H on the rear edge of the stove top H.

Attached to and extending lengthwise of the lower edge of the front wall ll of the splash hoard l2 as by a screw bolt l5, a nut l6, and front and rear plates I1 and i8, is a fixed hinge leaf I9 that cooperates with a movable hinge leaf 23, these hinge leaves l9 and 20 having on their connected edges alternately disposed eyes 2| and 22, through which extends a hinge pintle 23. To the front. side of the hinge leaf 20 is spot welded or otherwise secured a plate 24 having a rearwardly curved upper edge 24 overlying the eyes 2l-and 22 and cooperating with the upper edge of the plate I! to limit the opening'movement of the hinge, as shown in Fig. 4.

Spot welded or otherwise secured to the outer face of the plate 24, is the rear wall of a channel trackway 25, the front wall of which is formed with a longitudinal slot. This trackway 25, in the instance shown, extends the full width of the stove top. In this trackway is a roller 26 preferably of the antifriction type, shown in Figs. 2 and 3, which roller is mounted on a stud 26' that, in turn, is fixedly mounted in the rear depending flange 21 of the cover 28. This cover 28, as herein shown, also has a front depending flange 29 and side depending flanges 30 of the same depth as the rear flange 21.

Coiled on the hinge pintle 23 between adjacent eyes 2| and 22 is a torsion spring 3| (Fig. 4), the ends of which bear against the hinge leaves 19 and 20, normally forcing said leaves apart and thus aiding in the lifting of the cover.

When the burners are required for use, the lid 28 is raised substantially to the position shown in Fig. 3 and by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and is then given an edgewise push off the burners, and then lowered onto the other half of the table top H, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus fully exposing the burners for use. These same movements, performed in the inverse order, return the cover 28 to its normal position above the burners.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by this invention the use of a stove top cover is entirely practicable, even though the stove may be equipped with accessories that prevent the rais ing of the cover to or past the Vertical position for uncovering the burners. Of course, in cases where the burner grids may lie flush with or below the top plate H of the stove, the hinge of the cover to raise the latter clear of the burner grids may be omitted, the rear edge of the cover having simply a sliding movement in or on its trackway. But since most stoves and ranges have their burner grids projecting slightly above the top plate of the stove, the hinged construction permitting raising of the cover above the burner grids is preferred.

Modifications and changes in the details of structure and arrangement may be resorted to within the purview and coverage of the appended claims.

1. In a stove of the class described, the combination with the stove top, and a splash board mounted on the rear of the stove, of a burner cover, a horizontal hinge connecting the rear edge of said cover to said splash board, a trackway mounted on an angularly movable member of said hinge, and a member attached to the rear edge of said cover and slidably engaged with said trackway.

2. In a stove of the class described, the combination with the stove top, and a splash board mounted on the rear of the stove, of a burner cover, a hinge comprising a leaf attached to said splash board, a second leaf in front of said first named leaf, a pintle connecting the upper edges of said leaves, a trackway attached to said second leaf, and a member attached to the rear edge of said cover and slidably engaged with said trackway.

3. In a stove of the class described, the combination with the stove top, and a splash board mounted on the rear of the stove, of a burner cover, a hinge comprising a leaf attached to said splash board, a second leaf in front of said first named leaf, and a pintle connecting the upper edges of said leaves, a channel trackway attached to said second leaf and extending the full width of the stove top, and a member attached to the rear edge of said cover and slidably engaged with said trackway.

4. In a stove of the class described, the combination with the stove top, and a splash board mounted on the rear of the stove, of a burner cover, a hinge comprising a leaf attached to said splash board, a second leaf in front of said first named leaf, and a pintle connecting the upper edges of said leaves, a channel trackway attached to said second leaf and extending the full Width of the stove top, a member attached to the rear edge of said cover and slidably engaged with said trackway, and a spring tending to spread said hinge leaves.

5. In a stove top of the class described, the combination with a stove top, and splash board mounted on the rear of the stove, of a burner cover, a hinge comprising a leaf attached to said splash board, a second leaf in front of said first named leaf, and a pintle connecting the upper edges of said leaves, a channel trackway attached to said second leaf and extending the full width of the stove top, a stud secured to the rear edge of said cover and projecting into said trackway, a roller mounted on said stud adapted to travel along said trackway, and a torsion spring mounted on said pintle and having end portions exert-- ing a spreading thrust on said hinge leaves.

JOHN C. ROGERS. 

